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Newspaper
Bedford Weekly Mail
Location
Bedford, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Apr 27, 1900
Page
2
Indiana Republican State Convention balloting began at 1 p m with W T Durbin of Anderson and John L Griffiths leading. Durbin surged on the seventh ballot to win the nomination with over 900 votes as the party urged unity and braces for nominations.
Tomorrow the arena will host a fierce Indiana election struggle. The Vincennes district nominated P. R. Wadsworth as Republican candidate for Congress last week, with votes recorded across Daviess Greene Knox Lawrence Martin Chaney Morroe, showing early tallies and adjustments.
The Vincennes Republican Congressional Convention April 19 endorses Pete Wadsworth for Congress citing his strong district leadership in Davie County and party unity. Cook of the Vincennes Capital chosen Presidential Elector to vote for McKinley. Albert H. Davis and Job Freeman named delegates by acclamation. Alex Bivins reported dangerously ill. Rev. Simon Walls resigns due to ill health with Rev. A L Hobson likely to finish the year.
Thomas H. Spoonmore traveled to Martinsville on Thursday morning to spend time at a sanitarium. Unable to walk, he uses a wheeled chair, and O P M Davis accompanied him to ensure his safety during the visit.
Notice from W A Brown treasurer Lawrence County states the first Monday in May is the last day to pay the first installment of 1899 tax. If unpaid a 10 percent penalty is added to the total tax. Delinquent taxpayers are urged to pay now.
The department plans to discontinue over a thousand rural offices in the coming year. Mail will be delivered to farm homes and routes will emanate from large towns. Free rural delivery hinges on abolishing small offices, signaling major changes in postal operations in the near future.
A university census reports 454 voters with 276 Republicans, 158 Democrats, 8 Prohibitionists, 4 Independents, 3 Populists, 1 Socialist, and 6 unclassified. The tally aims to reflect party strength in the forthcoming University Congress.
A Greensburg Review poem recounts a family like many homes where Pa mocks club luck yet secretly celebrates victory. Ma wins three prizes while Pa laments and later discovers the prize has been marred and devalued. The家庭 atmosphere shifts from humor to heartbreak as the prize cost is revealed.
A dynamite blast in Larimer injures many with one man killed and two fatally hurt. A Chicago labor riot leaves one dead and seven wounded. The Senate advances the Hawaiian Civil Government Bill and sketches Agricultural Appropriation work. Philippine fighting claims eighty insurgents killed in Luzon. Quay friends sway Pennsylvania GOP delegates. L and N expect Pascagoula bridge traffic to resume in ten days. Mississippi flood distress grows as Texas rains persist. Ohio GOP backs McKinley platform and nominating slate. Four Democratic election officers in Louisville jailed for suppressing black votes. fines. Voter suppression cases mark first federal South convictions.
J W Ridemore new brake man on the S I line. Bridge carpenters line up bridges near Seymour. Extra crews for extension. telegraphers seek higher wages. Monon engines 208 and 209 arrive for runs Bloomington to Lafayette. Territorial clash over Terre Haute access delays Southern Indiana extension and sparks city council debates.
Leesville business visits by McHargue and Lee listed. Medora doctor called for J. P. Flinn and other patients. Prof John Harris conducted school enumeration. Mrs L Harris visited Bloomington. W M Lee returned from D L Sheeks farm with logs. Emily Flinn returned home from sister’s. Dixon and Clay at Bedford. Thomas Hook moved to Tunnel Bend.
A May 1 festival at Purdue University College Farm will showcase shear ing by hand and machines and sheep dipping. Prizes will reward amateur shearers over 21 and youths under 21. The State Wool Growers Association plans to attend, with contests from 10:00 a m. For details contact C S Plumb LaFayette Indiana.
The Bilder Morris meeting was attended Wednesday by Elid Wa E Dudley and Elder Isaac GC Ross of Charleston Illinois. Elder Ross formerly lived in Bedford and is well known locally. Dudley will preach at Williams next Sunday as part of the tour.
After nearly three months of effort and a 100000 corruption fund the drive to "hang Taylor and d n the Republican party" produced no results. The grand jury finished the Goebel assassination inquiry with indictments against five men for murder and eight as accessories, but no definite shooter or solid plot connections were found beyond partisan accusations.
The Bedford Review appears as a new Democratic weekly edited by BE. L. Pearson aiming to appeal to Democrats and avoid Republican funding. Local items note Keefer's published composition and chorus You Loved Me Down In Dixie, plus various regionwide agricultural price trends. Salem plans a patriotic Fourth of July celebration under Grand Army of the Republic auspices. Frequent travel and church notices follow, including Weddle in Bloomington and Hobson returning to preaching. Funeral in Martinsville for Mrs. Boyles is reported.
D B Guthrie announces need for 50 teams to haul gravel on Garvey and Palestine roads. Hinshaw of Mt Olive visited town Wednesday night.
Buddhas visit by John P. Foster and family from Coxton is noted. Sam Hubbard recovers from eye thorn injury. Thomas Sallee relocates his family to the Hoppingarner farm near Tunnelton. Corn and melons planted in area. John Beasley plans moving store to Red Cross. Easter rain observed with tradition about seven Sundays. James A. Sallee buys a new corn planter. Billy Box reports a fine mare dying last week.
Tilford Owens of Medora and L E Bergdorf of Leesville visit to assist census work. Mrs Wm Boroff and Mrs Zollman of Bedford visit Henry Zollman and Mrs Plummer. Frank Reynolds dies in a wreck linked to a trestle collapse. burial at Dixon cemetery after funeral at Dixon graveyard.
Grain-O touted as a coffee substitute that both adults and children can drink without harm. It imitates the rich color of Mocha or Java but is grain based and gentle on delicate stomachs. Priced 15 and 25 cents per package and sold by grocers. Local notices mention Alfred Bowen loading timber for Indiana Bedford Stone Co and several Bedford residents and builders involved in carpentry and a cottage project.
A vintage ad promotes Allen's Foot Ease powder to relieve swollen, hot and tired feet. It claims quick cooling relief for smarting, tight shoes, sweating feet, ingrown nails, blisters and callous spots with a rest giving effect. Sold by druggists and shoe stores for 25c with a free trial package. address Allen S. Olmsted Le Roy NY.
Local notes report Dessa Holiman released from confinement due to measles. Mrs. Ben Goff improves. Bruce Bennett of Heltonville ill but improving. Community members visit, with several relatives mentioned visiting and attending bedside duties. A preaching service is announced next Sunday at 10 30 a m by Bro. Winklepleck.
A reader praises Grain OQ made from pure grain as a coffee substitute. She notes initial dislike, then a week of use convinced her to switch. The drink is presented as suitable for children and adults, with instructions and pricing of 15 and 25 cents.
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